1913-09-03 — Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

Slani's Tra 'e With China.

Buring the 1912 the total of Sism's trade with China is given as 1,084,173 ilaikaan Tacls! Goods shipped, from “Siám toị China porta mounted to. Tla 49,865, while Uhineso esports to Siam were worth Tle. 1.034,273.

Lih Teh Oil Mills Meeting. The third annual general of the Lih Teb Of Mill Co., Lt!... was holl last week at Shanghai. 'Mr A. W. Burkill prosided, sup- norter by Mesars 7. H. Potta, M. Demets, and Liu Chang-vin, | directors: 4,748 shares were re. presented. The Chairman anid:- "You will notice that the no- counts cover a period of 17 months, as your directora decided it would be better to "rimange the financial year of the unpany as in the usual way we finish working cotton seed, our chief business, by the end of Mag. The reauft of the 17 mouths working is vory disheartening, but we have had many difficulties to atend with. and I might point out that 1912 was a bad your for oil inills all over the world. Owing to the Revolution, which started at the end of 1911, we were unable to get a proper supply of xends, and what we did get during the spring of 1912 woré "poor in pialite, being badly woneåten..cond, for | the first 8 months of 1919 P mill was only able to work lif

Drink the 'time.

of Bar August and Septzubor we work ed on rapeseed the quality was good but the prices ruling in the! home markets for oil were not! very satisfaclory, and whilst wa did not iuake very much money. we were able to keep the mill going. Newtoneal began to arrive in September and from October util May. Whilst we would not get as much sead as we wanted, we were able to keep the mill running fairly, regularly.)

from our Apar however, troubles with the supply of raw | material during the period under review, the oil market was in a very depressed state, and the price we got for our oil during 1012. was a very low que.. 1 im zlad to say it had both ing to do with tun quality. but it was simply a testion of market. From Jannaro to Mar

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER

Entertainments

VICTORIA THEATRE

PROGRAMME:

THE GREAT DRAMATIC PICTURE

The

Wreck of the "Aurora

in three parts,

THE PANORAMIC PICTURE

“LIFE IN EGYPT."

'GAUMONT GRAPHIC" NO 241,

SHOWING

THE LATEST EVENTS AT

A

THE COMIC PICTURES

THE FIRST JURY

HOME.

WOMAN IN AMERICA"

-THE TEST”

IDILIO'S MATRIMONIAL.

BLIOU

SCENIC THEATRE.

PROGRAMME FOR

TONIGHT

The Black Countess.

IN 3 PARTS.

The Human Crocodile.

el

Pathe's International Gazette.

MOLORING.“

HOCKEY POLO.

TENNIS

FOOTBALL, HORSERACING,

GYMNASTICS,

FILLIS' CIRCUS.

Grand Opening Night TO-NIGHT

this your the price of oil rose and MOTOR-CYCLING 20 STAR TURNS 20

showed an increase of about 7

per cent, over the average we got

in 1912, which price showed a

fall of nearly 20 per cent. from 2ND WEEK

the previous year. To show you what a fall took place in the values of dil, may mention that Inseed oil, which, is, an import- ant factor in the oil market, fell! irom £10 early in 1912 in £25'nt fbe end of that year, and during this year it actually touched £23. but I am glad to say, that all oil prices now show a considerable Appreciation and lately we have got very good prices for our produc-

OF.

SPORTS

AT

Prices of admission

Box 6

$15.00 persons Single box seat $3.00

1st Chairs

$2.00 2nd Chairs $1.00 Gallery

50 Cents

Performance 9:15 p.m. SHARP. Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform

Half Price.

1st MATINEE, SAT... SEPT

4 p.m.. MATINEES

tion. Turning to the ants TSINGTAO WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY

there is very little for me to say, axcept that the plant and mc-| chinery have been kept in first class condition, and nearly The. 10,000 was spent on repairs; thia

13Tа TO

sura may seem rather high, but SEPTEMBER

there are included in it Carlsin

parts of our machinery that ha

to be replaced and this accounte

C.P.R. Dividends.

1913.

AT 4, P.M. Children half price to Matinees uniy.

A. MILTHORP.

Agont.

for over one-third of the amount Montreal, Que., Auz. 12.-At Public Companies

COMPANY, LTD.

NOTICE.

Banks

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION.

Head Office:-e, Wall Street, New York London Offer 1 --gó, Blahopagate, MG

BRANCHES

Bombay

Calcu

Canton!

Caba

Colon

Empire

Hoogkoos

Hankow

3, 1913.

Banks

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI IST,

BANKING CORPORA Demand.

TION.

30 a/e * 60d/s

Exchange

1/11764-ca/n. 140 vo

Buying.

.2/- 16 ./-9/16 21-98

30 d/s:S'ney & Melbourne

Selling,

1/11 15/16 4 m/s. D/P

1/16

6 m/s. L/O

Paid-up CapitaÏ ..$15,000,000

4 m/s.

Kobe

Hanita

Mexico

RESERVE FUND3:

T/T. Singapore

PANADA

Paking

Shangnal

Storting

Yokohama

Capital and Reserianaomi 7,280,000 (Gold)

about min110,000 EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI NESS tranunciad

CURRENT. ACCOUNTS optoed on, the new

| tapaa.

DEPOSITS RECEIVED, åxed for one your id Iranum, or for shorter perioda, st rates, which may do ascertained on application.

HILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTE > HAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES

LETTERS OF CREDIT 100 DRAFTS guated

on all the principal cities in the World,

THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTE IS OF CREDIT Savaliable all over the World.

COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT

lained.

PURCHASE and SALE of Stocks and Shares fcend.

TRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and cashed.

GEORGE HOGG, Manager.

'9, Queen's Road, Hongkong, Bugkong, int Nor., 1912

THE

YOKOHAMA

191.

OHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED,

Established 1880.)

Authorised Capital Yon 48,000,000

Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund

"

30,000,000 18,200,000

Head Office. -YOKOHAMA.

Branches

Antung-Hsien

Bombay

Agencies at Nagasaki Newchwang New York Osaka

Pekin

Ryolun Port

Caloutta

Changchun

Dairen

Fangtien

Harbin.

(Arthur)

Hankow

"San Francisco

Shanghai

Tiebling

Tientsin

Tokyo

Los Angeles

Honolulu Kobe Liao-Yang London Lyone

Interest Allowed on Current Account. Deposits received for fixed periode at rates to be obtained on application.

EISHI ONO,

Manager. Hongkong, 31st Mar, 1913,

[18

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal

Charter 1858..

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund...

Reserve Liability of

Proprietors

£1,200,000 £1,700,000

.£1,200,000

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans acted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- ceived for 1 year or shorter periods

£1,500,000 at 2/-

T/T. Shanghai

T/T, Japan

T/T. India

Demand Indis

Demand, Manila

73% 30 die. San Foo & New York, 1974

8544 m/s. Marka.......................

.148

T/T. San F'co & New York 48

T/T. Java...

T/T, Marke

4 m/s. Franos...

149 6 m/s. do... 97 BarSilver, renity

forward

12053 Gold Leaf per thel...

202) Bank of England rate 2,51 Sovereign

Opin

8.98 18

1561

43812

..27.906

27 1/16

$15,000,000

11

[T/T. Franos'

$10.05

Silver 17,450,000

Subsidiary Coins,

Quotation. D

Discount per $100

Malwa, New

$32.450,000

Malwa, Old

Aug-15. $3.35 par pin

·3.50€

Chinese 20 otš. pieces $79/16 %

Patna, New

4.305 poroho.

$7 13:11 2534

Patna, Old

4.250

Benares, New

4.200

ares, Old.

4:000

Reserve Liability of

Proprietors....

...$15,000,000 Chinese 10 Hongkong.20 COURT OF DIRECTORS.

8. H. Dodwell, Esq., Chairman. Hongkong.10 Hon. Mr. D. Landale,-Deputy

Chairman:

G. Friesland, Esq.

C. 8. Gubbay, Esq..

P. H. Holyoak, Esq.

G. R. Laurenz, Esq.

F. Lieb, Esq.

W. L. Pattenden, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq.

Hon, Mr. E. Shellim. B. A. Siebs, Esq. OHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong N. J. Stabb.

MANAGER. Shanghai A, G, Stephen. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.

נ'

Hongkong-Interest Allowed.

On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent per Annum on the daily balance

ON FIXED DEPOSITS.

For 3 months. 2 per cent peri

Annum

For 6 months. 3 per cent per

Annum.

North China

SHARE REPORT.

B-BUYERS

AN DIVIDEND AND ATE.

"¿1⁄2nte/16 cqual to 20.31 for 1⁄2" voar ending 30/6/13′′

$18 for 1912

Pinal of 1 p.o, making

2 pc. for 1911

Final at $20 making $50,

for 1911 and Interim

of $30 for 19/2 Final of $12 mak. $15 for

19.1 & Int. of $1 for 9121

$10 for 1911

S-SELLERS

SA-SALE

·Stocks A Paid ur Valur, BANKS.

CLONING

$7926 na & 8.

Hongkong & S'hai 3125-

MARINE INSURANCE Cantons

$50

£81

310.

£5 T137 "b

$100 $783

h

£50 $190

$20 5148

$50 $359 h

$27 for 1911

69

Unions

Yangtzes

FIRE INSURANCES. China Fires

SHIPPING.

Hongkong Fires China & Manilas $25 Douglas Steamship $50 $38- Steamboats"

$15 $29 Indo-Chinas

. (Preferred) £5 75

(Deferred)

109 b.

£1

For 12 months, 4 per cent per Star Ferry"

Anaum.

"Shell" Transports £1

$10 $57

REFINERIES.

$100 $97 $100 $35

MINING.

N. J. STABB. Chief Manager China Sugare Luzon. Sugare

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

Chinese Engineerings £1 30/6

Tronohs

£1 62/6 Rauba

£1 $34 DOCKS, WHARVES, & G'DOWNS. Kowloon Wharfe $50 $924

H.K. & W poa Docks $50 { $81

THE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on ap- plication.

Shanghai Docks T. 100 53′ b. INTEREST on deposite is al-Hunghew Wharfs T. 100 T. JUS lowed on the minimum. monthly balances at $3 Per Cent per an ASUS, HOTELS & BUILDIN

" | Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more Hongkong Hotels $50 to the Hongkong and Shanghai DEPOSIT 4 Per. Cont per Bank to be placed on FIXED

num.

annum.

For the Hongkong and Shang. at rates which will be quoted on hai. Banking Corporation, .. application.

N.J. STABB, Chief Manager.

DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE

A. 8. HEWETT,"

Acting Manager. Hongkong, lith April, 1912. 22

THE.

Notices

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE LO., LTD,

(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.) Loane on Mortgage of House Pro- perty, &c.

Goods received on Storage. Advances made on Merchandise: Loans made on the Provident

System.

(Rates and Particulars on ap

plication).

The Office of

TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c., Undertaken and Executed.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers.

Hongkong, 19th March, 1909

LIMITED.

Capital Fully

BANK..

Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office-Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlin. Branches: Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsia Tsinaofu Tsingtau Yokohama. LONDON BANKERS:

Berlin.

Mesara, N. M. Rothschil & Song, The Union of London and Smith's Bank, Limited. Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Agency, Direction der Disconto Gesell- schaft.

Dresdner Bank.

INTEREST allowed on Currentį

Account, DEPOSITS received

...

$125

1890

Hongkong Lands $100 $1154 Humphreys Estates $10 $9 Kowloon Lande $30 $46

Shanghai Lands T. 30 T. 90

West Points

$50 972 5.

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8

COTTON MILLS.

T. 50 T. 125

EwOB

Shanghai Cottons

I

Laou Kung Muw Kung Yik Hongkong Cottons $10

MISCELLANEOUS.

$1 for 1906

$1.50 for year end'g 30'5 12- Dividend of $1 for halft year ending 31°12′12‹ }

p.e. for years 1912 and 1912 on preferred shares

(Final of making fi

for yearending31*12*12

Int. of 1- a/c. 9'3 $2 on100 shares latiaste $ on 1,000

$1 on iv,000

10

2nd

ir 3rd" for year ending 30'4'13 ›.

#3 for 1912

$3 for 1897

Interim of 3p.o. 8 2/5d per

share. Coupon No. 1 ac count year 30.6.1

1913

Int. of "/6 a 1/2 for 1909

$4.50 for year 1912 $1, final dividend for

year 1911

Tla. 3 for 1912 -

Final of Tle. A making

Tla 7 for 1912

Tia. 6 29'2'10

#3 on old shares,. $1.50)

on newshares for half

year 31'12'12-

$316 for your ending 30 6.13

50 cents for 1912

$2.80 for 1912

5 p. c. for half to 306127

& final of Epic, making 11 p.o. for 1912.

$2 for 4 year ending 30.6.12

15 per cent. for 1910

p.c. for year ending 37:10 2

Tie. 10 for half year end-)

ing 30'6'13

T.10% b. exdiv

:9)

A,

13. a. $9ý

ส.

50 cents 31.7,08 -

b.

85 cents for 1912 -

China-Borneos $12 $10. Light and Powers $107 Do. (Spec,shares) $1 f China Providents

$10 $85 sa & iɔ,

Dairy Farme #6 827 b. Green Islands

$10 $6 1/2 h. Hongkong Electrica $10 $38 Hongkong Ices $25. $175 a Hongkong Ropos $10 $248.

Langsu

8. 10 T20

32

on terms which may be learned Morning Post on application. Every description Peak Tramway of Banking and Exchange busi ness transacted.

$25 $22

¿

Du. (new)

B. TIMMERSCHEIDT,

Manager, Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.

2

Philippines

$10 $10

$1 92 Hongkong Electrio Trame 8/-

$10 $5 H. Price & Co., Lâ. $10 $6

Pre-

b.

the price of Gas to the PEAK TRAMWAY CO Public will be reduced to $2.30 par

030 Cubic Feet.

By Order of the Directors.

J. McOUBBIN. Acting Local Secretary and Resident Engiveør.

spent. These parts will not have a meeting of the directors of the to be renewed now for many Canadian Pacific Railway Com- years to come. A considerable pany yesterday, dividends of 2 HONGKONG & CHINA GAS sum was ale spent on repairing per cent, on the preferred stock the hunding of your property. for the half year and 2h per cent. Tis. 1,521.74 was spont on New on the common stock for the Maobinery to enable us to make quarter ended June 30. last weret boiled linseed oil; this branch declared. Rosulte for the last of our business promises to fiscal year were: Gross earnings ON and from October ist. 1913, be quite a success. As regards from railway and steamship lines, depreciation, I'la. 2.375 bas $139.395,699; working expenses, been written off buildings, and $93,143.825; net earninge from Tle. 16,670.07 off plant and railway and steamship lines, $46,- machinery. bringing this latter 245,874! net earnings of steam- asset down to Tle: 198,000. ships in excess of amount includ Stooke on hand at Tls. 101,962,25 ed in monthly reports, $1,245;- are about Tls. 47,000 higher than 563. Deducting the fixed charges at the end of 1911, nearly all of of $10,876 352, the surplus was this stock, consisted of oil and $36,015,085. Doducting the cake, which was sold but not amount transferred to steamship By the end of July, replacement account, $1,000,000, cleared. however, our buyers had taken and the contribution to persion delivery of all their purchases. fund of $125,000, left not revenue Referring to the liabilities, you from railway and steamship lines will notice that the mortgage has available for dividends $35,400,-DURING my been reduced by The. 5,000 and 035. After paymont of all divi- since the accounts wero closed a deads declared for the year tere affairs of the Company will be farther Tla, 5,000 has been paid is left to be carried forward, from carried on by Mr. O. WURIU. off, and the loan to the agents railway and

steamship lines,

has also been liquidated. As 18,310,257. The special income regards the future, it is very hard from interest on land wiles and -to make any forecast, but prices from other extraneous aspois, not for oil have improved conuider-included, in the above wa: 60.- ably, and the outlook generally iş,508,151. very much brighter.

Notice:

7

NOTICE.

temporary absence from the Colony the

S. MORIMOTO,

Agent;

TOYO KISEN KAISHA, Hongkong

TIME TABLE.

7.00A.M. BO

WEEK DAYS.

15

10 MIN.

Ы

13 M

za Mt.

15.11.

HIN

13 MIN.

B.00. Evzar 15 Min. 1.00 A.M. TO 10:00 AJE 10.00 AM to 11.00 4.M. 11:30 AM. to 21.45. 7,M. 145 2.3. to £15 FJR. 1.15 Z.M. to E5 Ft. 1.45 7.34. to 2.157.1 1.13 1.M. 25 5.00 P.31. 10

ماندگار

5.00 PM.

NIGHT CARS.

if 10 M.

cim, and 9 238, P40 FM, L,

12.50/ery half hour.

11.09 zł to 11.45 P.M. every quarter of sa hour. SUNDAYS. 10.31 4.31. EVERY 11,00 & 31

2.00 .40 70.30 AM, to 15:45 AM 10

18.00 Noos 21.00 Noon to og FM.

1,00 . to 5.00 FA

$.40 .. to

04 PM to 7.00 1.3. 2.00 2.M. LO Dito n

SIM

to M.

Mar

"

to MIN.

10 MIN.

201

HIGHT CARE ' 'on Week Days.

SATURDAYS.

Extra, Cara 127 tidnight..

SPECIAL CARB.

By Artis gément at the Compady');Užice,

Jazandra - Ezidiaga,**** De Year Read,

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Societe des ferred

INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised spital.

Subscribed

Paid Up

Reserved Fund

BANKERS:

Pulpeset Papierterien

"850" L1320 paid. du Tonkin up 150 £1,500,000

Benefit $200 1.135.000 Shanghai Sumatras T. 20 T.150 362,500 Steam Laundry 85 $4) 415,000 United Asbestos

Bank of England. London Joint Stock Bank,

Limited,

Oriental Agency, $10 ||#012 b.

Ldt

b.

8,

$10 $300

$10 817 1/2

$10880 $108734

$11

b.

United Asbestos? Founders Shares Union Waterbost Interest allowed on Current Ac

Weismann, Ltd. counts at 2 per cent per annum on Daily Balance and on Fixed Watson Deposite at rates which may be William Powell saagrisined on application,

Corrected to 20 pm Sep

AR. LINTON

-70 cents for 1912

$1.25 for yearend's 31'7:32

40 oente for 1911

$1.60 per share for 1912

$2 interim for 1913

$1 interim for 1913

·ƒTls. 1 account 1913

None 2:

80 cents on fully paid shares and 8 cents on

$1 paid shares for year.

suding 30.4.13

Final of $5 p.6. making)

7p.c. for 1012.

None

$1.50 for 1910 `·

NoDe

No dividend this year

50 ots. for year end'g 31.5.1

(20 per cent. per ordinary share for year ended

·31*5'1912.

81 per share for year)

* ending 31′12′′1912 *****

25 per cent. for year?

ending 31′′7′11

60 cents for 1912

40 cts, year ending 30'6'12 WRIGHT AND HORNBY, Share G

Chassi Brokses + Di Voons Road Central - Wal, address Restionar

aïdigeyri, dom not held buntf vingunahin at war of benzeyy just, Llani.